He spoke again as if he hadn’t just shattered his promise and her security. Her house of glass now lay in a pile of shards.

Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

If things look right on the surface the underside is rarely questioned. However, things may be great in reality, but if one perceives them to be amiss, it is difficult to change that perception.

Childhood was the past. It couldn't be changed, only remembered.

The secret of happiness is unconditional acceptance.

She senses your vulnerability, and reassures that every dream you’ve ever whispered in the night, or secret desires you dared not speak, are all within the palm of her hand

Being strong is not just about your physical strength, no, it is about your capacity to handle difficult problem with ease.

A holocaust of an afternoon.

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor.

Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.

The faster we travel, the less there is to see.

I am not a particularly thick-skinned person.

Hawaii can be heaven and it can be hell.